Combined intracorneal ring implantation, cross-linking enhances corneal biomechanics in keratoconus

SAN DIEGO - Combined femtosecond-laser assisted implantation of intracorneal rings and cross-linking increases corneal strength and enhances visual acuity and quality in patients with moderate keratoconus, according to a speaker at the World Cornea Congress.“[The femtosecond laser] can give us a tailored tunnel,” Moones F. Abdalla, MD, said, giving findings of a prospective, non-comparative, multicenter case series of patients treated in the same setting with cross-linking and ICRs implanted using femtosecond laser (VisuMax, Carl Zeiss Meditec).